Psalms 88:6

Thou hast laid me, In the lowest pit, In dark places, In the deeps:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps.

In Context

5Among the dead, is my couch,—Like the slain that lie in the grave, Where thou rememberest them no more, Yea, they, from thy hand, are cut off;

7Upon me, hath rested thine indignation, And, with all thy breakers, hast thou caused affliction. [Selah.]

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:22For, a fire, is kindled in mine anger, And shall burn as far as hades beneath,—And consume the earth with her produce, And set ablaze the foundations of the mountains:

Psalms 69:15Let not a flood of waters overflow me, And let not the depth swallow me up, Neither let the well close, over me, her mouth.

Psalms 130:1Out of the depths, have I cried unto thee, O Yahweh.

Proverbs 4:19The way of the lawless, is like darkness, they know not, at what they stumble.

Lamentations 3:55I have called upon thy Name, O Yahweh, out of the dungeon below;

John 12:46I, a light, into the world have come, that, no one who believeth on me, in darkness, should abide.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 88:2-10

Sorrowful Complaints; Complaining to God. 1 O Lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: 2 Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; 3 For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. 4 I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: 5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in… Read the whole commentary →

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